Arsenal face Newcastle tonight needing to overturn a 2-0 first-leg deficit to have any hope of reaching the Carabao Cup final. Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon scored either side of half-time in the semi-final first leg to build a commanding lead as the Gunners produced one of their worst performances of the season.

Newcastle United reached a second League Cup final in three seasons as they overwhelmed Arsenal 2-0 at a feverish St James' Park on Wednesday to complete a crushing 4-0 aggregate win. Moments after Arsenal's Martin Odegaard wasted a chance to halve the deficit,

Arsenal have a mountain to climb when they play Newcastle in the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final at St. James’ Park on Wednesday. The Gunners are 2-0 down from the first leg and history is not on their side.